Vehicle-wheel tire.



No. 876,191. PATENTED JAN. '7, 1908. J. JACKSON.

VEHICLE WHEEL TIRE.

APPLICATION TILED DEO.8,1906.

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' ing JAMES JACKSON, OF GREGORY, MICHIGAN.

VEHICLE-WHEEL TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. '7, 1908.

Application filed December 8,1908- Scrial No. 346806- T 0 all. whom "it may con cern:

Be it knovm that I, JAMES JACKSON, a citizen of the'United States of America,- residmg at-Gregory, in the county of Livingston and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Wheel Tires,.of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vehicle wheel tires, and is designed more particularly for useuponwooden wheels for automobiles or other similar wheeled vehicles.

The principal object of my invention is to' provide a steel tire for wooden vehicle wheels which shall be provided with means for preventing the slipping of the wheel, and which will also be providedwith means for preventmud, snow or ice, from clinging to the tire.

Another object of my invention is to provide a vehicle wheel tire with a projecting zigzag rib forming V-shaped plain surfacesat opposite sides of the tire in order that clay, mud, snow or ice will be crowded outwardly and away from the tire to prevent the same from clinging to and clogging the tire.

The-invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1- is a fragmentary plan view of a portion of the tire madein accordance with my invention. Fig.2 is a fragmentary side elevation of portion of a tire made in accordance with my invention. 0 ,Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a Wooden ,wheel having a tire, made in accordance with my invention, fitted thereto.

1 Referring to the drawing for a more particular description of my invention, the numeral 1 deslgnates a wooden wheel or the l usual or any preferred construction. The

tire forming the subject matter of this inven tion consists of a/stcel band 2 of suitable thickness and provided upon its outer face is a continuous zigzag rib 3 extending throughout the tread surface of the tire. The rib 3 is provided with opposite vertical side walls 6 which terminate at their upper ends with rounded corners 4, as shown more particularly in Fig. 2, and the spaces between the zigzag portions of the rib 3 are substantially \l-SlltPQCl, as shown at 5, said V-shaped' intermediate spaces opening alternately out ward toward the outer edge of the tire. The bearing surface of the rib 3 is plain and of equal height transversely of the tire.

A tire made in accordance with my invention and applied to a wheel will not permit snow, ice, clay or mud tostiokto' the tire, owing to the disposition of the spaces 5 which open out'at opposite sides of the tire, and the rib 3 having the vertical opposite side walls 6 which permits the accumulating substance to be crowded out at opposite sides of the tire.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A wheel tire comprising a band having on its bearing surface a rib which is spaced apart in V-shaped form and provided with opposite verticaLside ivalls which terminate in rounded bearing surfaces, said rib serving to extend continuously across said band and having its ends terminating flush with the opposite side edges of said band, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES JACKSON.

Witnesses:

l'ViLLr-ur H. TYLER, H. W. BENTER. 

